Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast | NASA

Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast | NASA

This image from our Hubble Space Telescope depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave. The original supernova explosion blasted apart a dying star about 20 times more massive than our Sun between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Blair; acknowledgment: Leo Shatz